This is the information page about the shipwreck El argentino, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 52 13.551 N,1 47.272 E (52.437016666667, 1.7918333333333)

 

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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

 

1. Aduatiek (possibly)
2. Ala
3. Alastair
4. Alto (possibly)
5. Ambient (probably)
6. Astrologer
7. Axminster (probably)
8. Barkis
9. Batavier 5
10. Bob read (probably)
11. Bovey tracy
12. British captain
13. British fortune (probably)
14. Brixton
15. Burtonia (possibly)
16. Bygdo (possibly)
17. Cairnside
18. Carica milica
19. Castle galleon
20. Cd 14 (probably)
21. Cedarwood (possibly)
22. Churston
23. Clan monroe
24. Claudia (possibly)
25. Coalgas
26. Cormorant
27. Cresta
28. Dagmar (probably)
29. Db 8 (possibly)
30. Denewood
31. Disa (possibly)
32. Dronning maud (possibly)
33. Dulwich
34. Dunwich bank wk
35. Edernian
36. El argentino
37. Elnet
38. Estrella (possibly)
39. Eva witte
40. F stobart (probably)
41. Faithful star
42. Farmatyr
43. Fidelio
44. Firth
45. Forth
46. Friargate (possibly)
47. Friargate (possibly)
48. Frumenton
49. G and e (possibly)
50. Gannet (possibly)
51. Gasfire
52. Gena
53. Gerhard
54. Gipsy (possibly)
55. Golconda (possibly)
56. Grantleyhall (possibly)
57. Grenadier (probably)
58. Groenlo
59. Gulf breaker
60. H h petersen
61. Harlington (probably)
62. Harlyn (probably)
63. Heworth
64. Hillglen
65. Hm mgb 76 (possibly)
66. Hms adonis (possibly)
67. Hms christopher (possibly)
68. Hms condor (probably)
69. Hms donside (possibly)
70. Hms eros (possibly)
71. Hms evesham (possibly)
72. Hms exmoor
73. Hms fontenoy
74. Hms forward iii
75. Hms harvest gleaner
76. Hms hirose (probably)
77. Hms holdene
78. Hms jessie nutten
79. Hms kaphreda
80. Hms ludlow
81. Hms monarch
82. Hms moravia (possibly)
83. Hms nadine
84. Hms new comet (possibly)
85. Hms ocean plough (possibly)
86. Hms orthos (probably)
87. Hms pelton (probably)
88. Hms river clyde (possibly)
89. Hms river clyde (possibly)
90. Hms sisters melville
91. Hms speeton (possibly)
92. Hms spider
93. Hms tervani
94. Hms tettenhall
95. Hms tugela
96. Hms waveflower
97. Hms whooper
98. Hornchurch
99. Ignis (possibly)
100. Impulsion
101. J c dalble
102. Jamesina
103. Jim
104. Kenneth hawksfield
105. Knarsdale
106. Kwasind
107. Lapwing
108. Lapwing (possibly)
109. Lincairn (possibly)
110. Lingfield
111. Lisette
112. Lonhelen (possibly)
113. Lord bute
114. Magdapur
115. Mangara
116. Mardyke
117. Maria rosa
118. Marianne (probably)
119. Mascota (possibly)
120. Mascotte
121. Memento (possibly)
122. Mendibil mendi (possibly)
123. Mercurius
124. Mexico
125. Mirella
126. Moidart
127. Mudo
128. Nadir
129. Nereus
130. Newhaven (possibly)
131. Nicolaos piangos
132. Nominoe
133. Novocastrian
134. Ocean pride
135. Old charlton
136. Ostprussen (possibly)
137. Pescado
138. Petshenga (possibly)
139. Phryne
140. Plawsworth (possibly)
141. Polgarth
142. Ren
143. Reward (possibly)
144. Rhenas (possibly)
145. Rhineland
146. Robin iv
147. Rochester city
148. Rogate
149. Roxanna
150. Savona (probably)
151. Scimitar
152. Scotia
153. Sea king
154. Sea rhine
155. Silksworth hall (probably).
156. Sirdar (part of)(possibly)
157. Skodsburg (possibly)
158. Southford
159. St patrick
160. Stad alkmaar
161. Sunniside (probably)
162. Taber park
163. Tergestea
164. Thornaby (possibly)
165. Thyra
166. Tidal (possibly)
167. Torchbearer
168. Tunisiana
169. U 13 (probably)
170. Uc 62 (possibly)
171. Ui-001
172. Vae victis
173. Victorious
174. Warrenpoint
175. White lady
176. Wychwood (possibly)
177. Wyetown
178. Yarmouth
179. Yewkyle (possibly)
180. Yucca (possibly)

 

Name: EL ARGENTINO

Length 129.8 meter, width: 17.5 meter, draught: 8.4, tonnage 6809 ton
Load: ballast

Cause: built in 1907 by sir j laing & sons ltd, sunderland. owned at time of loss by the british & argentianian s nav co. four boilers, triple expansion engine of 470hp, single shaft. passage hull for london & buenos aires. in ballast. struck a mine laid by uc-1. attempt made to beach the vessel but a second exposion blew off the prop and rudder. tugs attempted to move the ship but a bulkhead collapsed and she sank.

Year of registration: 1916

Water depth above wreck: 28 meter, Height above seabed: 131 cm

Known since: 1916, last detected: 20161210

Details measurements/cartography: SANK 7 MILES SE BY S FROM SOUTHWOLD. (WW1SL). 6 MILES SE BY S FROM SOUTHWOLD. (LLOYDS). H4282/26 14.10.26 INS NDW (1916)(PA) IN 521315N, 014700E. H2371/55 4.8.55 INS AS NDWPA. H4167/59 1.6.60 INS AS DW. NC 1543. H2002/52 9.11.61 EXAMINED 12.9.61 IN 521329N, 014725E USING HSA. SWEPT CLEAR AT 61, FOUL AT 63FT. LEAST E/S DEPTH 64 IN GEN DEPTH 86 - 92FT. SCOUR DEPTH 14 - 22FT. MARKED SURFACE SLICK OBSERVED OVER WK. (HMS SCOTT, HI 105/61). AMEND TO SW 10FMS 1FT. LC 1543. H4629/71 21.12.72 DIVED. THOUGHT TO BE EL ARGENTINO BECAUSE OF LENGTH. BOW TO MIDSHIPS SECTION IS UPRIGHT BUT BADLY SMASHED. AFT SECTION LISTS TO PORT AND SMASHED THROUGHOUT LENGTH. SOME ENGINE ROOM MATERIAL AND PROP HAS BEEN SALVAGED. SEABED IS VERY SOFT AND BOW IS ALMOST COVERED. LIES 290/110 DEG. (E GILES, UNDERMARINE OPS, 1972). 31.7.74 AMEND TO SW 18.6MTRS [LAT]. NC 1543. HH090/564/01 21.1.93 LOCATED OUTSIDE AREA SURVEYED AND ONLY PARTIALLY EXAM'D. FORTUITOUS 'ON TOP' GAVE E/S DEPTH 19.5 IN GEN DEPTH 27 - 29MTRS IN 521332N, 014719.3E [OGB]. SCOUR DEPTH 34MTRS. TWO SONAR PASSES GAVE DCS3 HT 8.8MTRS, LENGTH 175MTRS, WIDTH 25MTRS. LIES 330/150 DEG. STRONG MAGNETOMETER DEFLECTION OBSERVED. RETAIN CHARTED DEPTH. (NP 1016, HI 546). AMEND POSN. BR STD. HH090/564/01 11.8.93 EXAM'D 27.6.93 IN 521331.1N, 014723.5E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [3 LOP]. DRIFT SWEPT (SHOALEST SECTION ONLY) CLEAR AT 17.2, FOUL AT 17.4MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS. SCOUR DEPTH 39MTRS. DCS3 HT 9.9MTRS, LENGTH 125MTRS, WIDTH 45MTRS. LIES 300/120 DEG. (NP 1016, HI 564). AMEND TO SW 17.2MTRS.

- NM 3019/93. HH090/616/01 5.1.95 LOCATED, NOT EXAMINED. (GARDLINE, HI 616). NCA. SEP 2016/000091759 21.8.17 EXAM'D 10.12.16; IN 5213.551N, 0147.272E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 18.41MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 28MTRS, LENGTH 143.7MTRS, WIDTH 28.5MTRS, HEIGHT 10.5MTRS, ORIENTATION 131/311 DEGS. SCOUR LENGTH 198.4MTRS, 12.64MTRS DEEP, TOWARDS 016 DEGS. WRECK IS BROKEN IN TWO SECTIONS. (GARDLINE, HI 1495). AMEND DW 18.4MTRS IN REVISED POSN.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 52 13.551 N,1 47.272 E

 

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